Praised as the biggest public works project in American history, the Interstate Highway System has been ... A young Lieutenant Colonel named Dwight D. Eisenhower would experience firsthand the ...

The interstate ... Dwight D. Eisenhower. He learned firsthand of the struggle to travel far distances on these roads. This experience would later influence his policy as president. In 1944, Congress ...

Dwight D. Eisenhower created major infrastructure, including the Interstate Highway program, established in 1956, which created a 41,000-mile road system. Eisenhower dispatched federal troops to ...

West Point graduate Dwight ... Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation. He also signed legislation in 1956 creating the nation’s interstate highway ...

General Dwight D. Eisenhower was ... It's fascinating to find out how much Eisenhower shaped the world we live in. (Thanks, Ike, for that Interstate Highway System!) Besides getting a solid ...